Does it make a difference? You’re dead.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 November 2012 source ↗
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What kind of death would you consider a good one?Originally asked
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Danielle Steel
Novelist
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
Pedro Almodóvar
Film director
Like John Huston, after shooting The Dead.
Patrick Stewart
Actor
If needed—a doctor-assisted death.
Rita Moreno
Actor, singer and dancer
With a malicious grin that implies I know something you don’t.
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Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
That they get it.
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